Three stabbed, 13 arrested at KKK rally in California

Three people were stabbed and 13 others were arrested when a California Ku Klux Klan rally erupted into clashes with counter-protesters yesterday.

Police believe the fight began when six KKK members arrived at the protest site in Anaheim and were attacked by counter-protesters, one of whom was purportedly armed with a wooden plank.

The initial assault led to a retaliatory attack in which a counter-protester was stabbed, and then spiralled into a number of smaller fights, investigators believe.

All three stabbing victims – one of whom was critically injured – have been identified as counter-protesters.

A number of KKK members received injuries ranging from “minor to significant”, police said, including two KKK members who were stomped on by the crowd.

Six KKK members and seven counter-protesters have been arrested.

Counter-protester are also believed to have smashed the windows of a KKK member’s SUV.

Witness Brian Levin said he attempted to intervene, standing between the Klansmen and the crowd of counter-protesters in an attempt to stem the violence, even rescuing two Klansmen.

He claims that when he identified himself to one of them as a Jew, the man replied by thanking him.

With AFP.